Garment support



Oct. 18, 1932. w, AUGUSTlN 1,882,727

GARMENT SUPPORT Filed July 7, 1930 Patented Oct. 18, 1932 WILLIAM F. AUGUSTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS GARMENT SUPPORT Application filed July 7, 1930. Serial No. 466,096.

;; hanger to be rigidly secured in position upon a support in a convenient position for the reception of a persons hat and garments, thereby affording a device for the convenient assemblage of articles of wearing apparel which, with the use of the ordinary type of coat hangers and hat hangers, have usually been supported in scattered locations due to the fact-that the coat and trouser brackets have usually been of the portable type while the hat supports ordinarily have been of the permanently mounted type.

In order to facilitate the grouped support of articles of wearing apparel which are in daily use, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved and simplified form of combination hat support and garment hanging device joined by means of a supporting bracket which is so constructed to permit the same to be secured upon a wall, rack, or other suitable support with the hat support and garment hanging member sufficiently spaced from the wall to permit the convenient engagement of garments and a hat on the respective members forming a part of the hanger as well as permitting the quick and easy removal of the articles therefrom.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a simplified and inexpensive type of combination hat and garment supporting device wherein the difl'erent sections comprising the device are connected by a common supporting bracket for rigidly mounting the various sections of the device in assembled relation upon a wall or the like, whereby a number of different types of wearing apparel such as a hat, coat, trousers, and the like, may be coveniently supported in associated relation.

It is an important object of this invention to provide an improved type of garment supporting device of the permanent type wherein a single mounting bracket has connected therewith a plurality of different types of hangers or supports for the convenient reception of difl'erent articles of wearing apparel ordinarily in dail use to obviate the hanging of the articles 0 apparel in different locations on scattered hangers or supports.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawing.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved garment support embodying the principles of 1ibis invention, shown mounted upon a wa Figure 2 is a similar view of the improved garment hanger mounted in position and having articles of wearing apparel supported thereon.

Figure 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the garment hanger.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the garment hanger.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of a modified form of garment hanger including spring controlled garment supporting members adjustably mounted on the coat hanger section of the device.

As shown on the drawing:

The reference numeral 1 indicates a wall or other suitable support upon which an improved garment support is adapted to be secured by means of screws 2 or other suitable attaching means. In the form of the device illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the gar ment hanger is adapted to be constructed out of wire which is bent into shape, whereby two lengths of the wire are positioned closely ad- JaCent one another to form a hat supporting standard or arm 3, the upper end of which is bent outwardly at substantially right angles to form a looped arm or supporting member 4 in the opening of which a retaining screw 5 pro]ects upwardly and is threaded into the bottom of a hat supporting knob or head 6. The hat supporting knob or head 6 may be of any desired configuration or design and is provided for the convenient reception of ahat 7 or any other article of wearing apparel desired. The two parallel adjacently positioned wires forming the hat supporting standard 3 are bent rearwardly at substanthe mounting screws 2 which are adapted toproject through the openings afiorded by the racket loops 9. The two adjacently positioned wires are further bent forwardly from the lower .end of the mormting section 9 to form a lower bracket arm 11 which is positioned substantially parallel to the upper bracket arm 8 and which coacts therewith and with the bracketcross piece 9 to form a U- .shaped mounting bracket for the garment hanger.

The two adjacentl positioned wires, after being bent to form t e lower bracket arm 11,

. project forwardly beyond the hat supporting upright 3 and are curved or bent downwardly to provide a looped garment supporting arm or connector 12, the lower end of which projects back underneath the lower bracket arm 11 at which point the two wires forming the looped arm 12 are bent outwardly away from one another and are shaped to provide .a pair of positely directed looped arms or wing mem ers 13. Each of the wires forming the arms or loops 13 is bent to cross itself at 14 so that the two ends of the wire out of which the garmenthanger is constructed are adapted to be brought into abutting relation with one another beneath the coat or garment supporting arm 12. The abutting ends of the wire are enclosed within a sleeve or collar 15. The coat hanger arms or wing members 13 formed of the looped wire material are curved downwardly toward their respective ends to form an upwardly arched or curved coat hanger section for the improved device beneath the looped or curved supporting arm 12. The curved arm 12 connects the coat hanger sections 13 with the supporting bracketarm 11 and aifords a convenient recess or pocket for the-reception of the collar of a coat engaged on the hanger arms 13 similar to the arrangement illustrated in Figure 2.

The U-shaped mounting bracket formed by the members 8, 9, and 11 connects the coat hanger section with the hat supporting section and serves to hold said garment supporting sections associated in a convenient arrangement and sufliciently spaced away from the mounting wall 1 when the U-shaped bracket section is secured in place so that there is plenty of room to permit a coat or other garment to be engaged on the coat hanger arms 13 while the hat supporting section has the supporting head thereof spaced at 'a suflicient distance from the wall 1 to permit a hat or similar article to be conveniently engaged onthe supporting head or knob 6.

The improved combination hat and garment sup orting device, while illustrated and described as ada ted to be mounted upon a wall 1 by means 0? the mountin screws 2 associated with the bracket mem rs 9 of the device, may also be mounted upon an upright costumer post or the like.

Figure illustrates a modified form of hat and garment support comprising an apertured U-shaped mounting bracket section 15 constructed similar to the bracket section illustrated in Figure 1 and having an upright arm 16 projecting upwardly therefrom. The upper end of the upright arm 16 is bent outwardly at right angles to form a support 17 which is'of looped or apertured construction for the reception of a mounting screw 18 which projects upwardly through the looped arm 17 and holds a hat supporting knob or head 19 in position on the upper end of the device. mounting bracket 15 projects outwardl and has the end thereof curved or bent ownwardly to'provide a sup orting arm or loop 20, the lower end of which is rigidly engaged in or secured to the upper middle portion of a coat or garment hanger arm 21 which may be constructed of wood or any other suitable material. The hanger arm 21 is shaped for the convenient reception of the shoulder portion of a coat or garment which is adapted to be suspended from the hanger. Connecting the ends of the arched hanger or coat sup porting arm21 is a cross wire or rod 22 having slidably mounted thereon a pair of spaced garment supporting clamping devices or gripping units 23 which are provided with looped members 24 slidably engaged upon the cross bar or wire 22.v Secured to the middle portion of the cross wire or bar 22 is a collar or block 25 to which the inner ends of a pair of coil springs 26 are secured. The coil springs 26 are coiled around the cross rod 22 and have the outer ends thereof connected to the inner rings or loops 24 forming a part of the clamping devices 23. The coil springs 26 are constructed to normally hold the clamping devices 23 which project outwardly away from one another to that when said clamping devices are engaged upon the waist band portion of a pair of trousers, a skirt, or the like, said spring controlled clamping members serve to hold the upper portion of the trousers stretched or tensioned so that the leg portions ofthe trousers may hang closely adjacent one another. While the clamping members are described as being adaptable for clamping against the waistband portion of a. pair of trousers, it will, of course, be understood that such clamps may be engaged on the cufis of the trousers to The lower arm of the U-shaped hold the same supported 1n an inverted position.

The modified form of device illustrated in Figure 5 is adapted to be mounted on a Wall, a door, or upon a costumer stand so that the garments ordinarily used by a person, as for example coats, vests, trousers, and a hat of a particular outfit, may be conveniently and quickly mounted upon the improved supporting device in a convenient assembled relation so that when the person dresses, the various garments and articles may be quickly obtained. When supporting a pair of trousers on the clamping members 23, it will, of course, be understood that the trousers may be supported either by the cuffs or by the waist band and preferably by the latter for the reason that by so doing, it will be unnecessary for a person to empty the trouser pockets before hanging up the trousers.

It will, of course, be understood that vari ous details of construction may be varied through a wide range, without departing from the principles of this invention, and it is, therefore, not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A coat and hat hanger, comprising a loop of wire forming a body portion of a pair of parallel wires having oppositely bent portions providing eyelets to receive screws, said body portion being upwardly and forwardly bent and having a terminal loop to form a seat to receive a pad, a pad secured on said terminal portion, said body portion also being outwardly and downwardly bent and having a terminal portion providing a pair of oppositely directed loops to support a coat.

2. A coat and hat hanger, comprising a loop of wire forming a body portion of a pair of parallel wires, said body portion being forwardly and upwardly bent and having a terminal eye portion to form a seat to support a hat pad, a hat pad secured seated on said terminal portion, said body portion also being outwardly and reversely bent at its lower end to form a recess to receive the collar of a coat and having a pair of oppositely directed terminal loops to support a coat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook county,

Illinois.

WILLIAM F. AUGUSTIN. 

